Mantle layering across central South America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Liu, Kelly H ^a   Gao, Stephen S ^a   Silver, Paul G ^b   Zhang, Yongkai K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

410; 660; Mantle discontinuities; Nazca; Subduction

Indexed keywords

LAYERED MEDIUM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642344660     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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